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Members of the Royal Family will attend the Royal Festival of Remembrance later to honour servicemen and women killed in past and current conflicts. Members of the Royal Family have honoured servicemen and women killed in past and current conflicts at the Royal Festival of Remembrance.
The Queen, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, will be among those at the Royal British Legion event at London's Royal Albert Hall. The Queen, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, and Prime Minister Gordon Brown joined veterans at the event at London's Royal Albert Hall.
Welsh soprano Katherine Jenkins and tenor Russell Watson will perform. Welsh soprano Katherine Jenkins and tenor Russell Watson performed.
This year marks the 90th anniversary of the end of World War I and several events are planned across the country.This year marks the 90th anniversary of the end of World War I and several events are planned across the country.
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The royal party will include the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall, the Duke of York, the Earl and Countess of Wessex, the Princess Royal, Vice Admiral Timothy Laurence and the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester. The royal party also included the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall, the Duke of York, the Earl and Countess of Wessex, the Princess Royal, Vice Admiral Timothy Laurence and the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown will be among the representatives of the government. WORLD WAR I Began in 1914 and ended in 1918One in three UK families had a loved one killed, wounded or taken prisoner France lost nearly 1.5 million men - double that of BritainNearly two million Germans and a similar number of Russians also died WORLD WAR I Began in 1914 and ended in 1918One in three UK families had a loved one killed, wounded or taken prisoner France lost nearly 1.5 million men - double that of BritainNearly two million Germans and a similar number of Russians also died
The Massed Bands of the Household Division, the Band of HM Royal Marines, the Band of the Parachute Regiment, the RAF Squadronaires and the Queen's Colour Squadron of the Royal Air Force will play. The Massed Bands of the Household Division, the Band of HM Royal Marines, the Band of the Parachute Regiment, the RAF Squadronaires and the Queen's Colour Squadron of the Royal Air Force played.
The festival will also include the traditional two-minute silence as thousands of poppy petals fall from the roof of the Royal Albert Hall, each representing a life lost in war. The festival also included the traditional two-minute silence as thousands of poppy petals fell from the roof of the Royal Albert Hall, each representing a life lost in war.
A spokesman for the Royal British Legion said: "This annual festival commemorates and honours all those who have lost their lives in conflicts and is both a moving and enjoyable evening." Territorial Army veterans featured prominently in the event too, as 2008 is the TA's centenary.
The event will mark the Territorial Army's centenary as well as commemorate the 90th anniversary of the end of WWI. A spokesman for organisers, the Royal British Legion, said: "This annual festival commemorates and honours all those who have lost their lives in conflicts and is both a moving and enjoyable evening."
The festival, which includes songs and prayers, is expected to be watched by more than six million people when it is broadcast on BBC One at 2105 GMT on Saturday. The festival, which included songs and prayers, is being broadcast on BBC One on the eve of Remembrance Sunday, when more than 8,000 veterans will march to the Cenotaph in London's Whitehall.
It will be followed by Remembrance Sunday, when more than 8,000 veterans will march to the Cenotaph in London's Whitehall.
This year the march will include ex-servicemen and women from Northern Ireland for the first time.This year the march will include ex-servicemen and women from Northern Ireland for the first time.
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The Somme Heritage Centre in Newtownards, County Down, is hosting a weekend of activities to highlight the role in the allied victory played by more than 200,000 Irish soldiers.The Somme Heritage Centre in Newtownards, County Down, is hosting a weekend of activities to highlight the role in the allied victory played by more than 200,000 Irish soldiers.
The centre's director, Carol Walker, said for a long time the people of Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic had had differing attitudes towards remembering the war.The centre's director, Carol Walker, said for a long time the people of Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic had had differing attitudes towards remembering the war.
"Certainly in the south of Ireland for a long time it was memories that were put away - maybe hidden in a shoebox and put under the bed or up in the roof space."Certainly in the south of Ireland for a long time it was memories that were put away - maybe hidden in a shoebox and put under the bed or up in the roof space.
"But differently in the north, particularly amongst the Protestant community, it would've been remembered more.""But differently in the north, particularly amongst the Protestant community, it would've been remembered more."
This was now changing, she added.This was now changing, she added.